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Full CV (pdf)
Education
Ph.D.
in Finance, Ohio State University, 2003-2008
M.Sc. (Mgt) National University of Singapore,
2000-2002
B.B.A. (Finance, 1st Class Honors), National University of Singapore,
1996-2000
Experience
Assistant Professor of
Finance, Lee Kong Chian School of
Business, Singapore Management University, Jul 2008-present
Research Assistant to G. Andrew Karolyi (2003-06), René M. Stulz (2006-07), Ohio State
University
Lecturer of Finance, Singapore Management
University, 2002-2003
Asian Equities Research Intern, Credit Suisse First
Boston (Singapore), Summer 2000
Research Interests
Security Analysts
Empirical Asset Pricing
Publications
Streaks in earnings surprises and the
cross-section of stock returns, 2012, Management Science 58, 1305-1321 (with Mitch Warachka). (Slides)
Profiled in Citigroup Academic
Digest, Apr 2009.
When are analyst
recommendation changes influential?, 2011, Review of Financial Studies 24,
593-627 (with René Stulz). (Internet appendix,
Slides)
Featured in Wall Street Journal, 2009, “Markets often shrug at
analysts’ calls”.
Profiled in NBER Digest, Sep
2009, and Citigroup Academic
Digest, Jun 2009.
Investor inattention and the underreaction to stock recommendations,
2010, Financial Management 39,
1223-1251.
Profiled in Citigroup Academic
Digest, 2009.
Do accurate earnings
forecasts facilitate superior investment recommendations?,
2006, Journal of Financial Economics 80, 455-483, (with Mujtaba Mian).
Reprinted in CFA Digest 36, Nov 2006,
41-42.
The quality of analysts'
earnings forecasts during the Asian crisis: Evidence from Singapore,
2003, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 30, 749-769 (with
Mujtaba Mian).
Working Papers
Have we solved the idiosyncratic volatility
puzzle? with Kewei Hou, 2012.
Is
sell-side research more valuable in bad times? with
René Stulz, 2013. To be presented in AFA 2014.
Hype my stock: Do firms
really want biased research? 2009.
Practitioner Articles
Fatal or friendly fees?
Unit trusts versus ETFs, Nov 2008.
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